Jim McDermott

Jim McDermott

politician

BIRTHDAY December 28, 1936
BIRTH SIGN Capricorn
BIRTHPLACE Illinois
AGE 88 years old
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ABOUT JIM MCDERMOTT

Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for the seventh congressional district (Seattle and vicinity) of Washington state. From 1993-1995, he served as Chairman of the House Ethics Committee.

After graduating from Wheaton College in Illinois, he earned a medical degree from Chicago's University of Illinois College of Medicine. He served during the Vietnam War as a United States Navy psychiatrist.

Before being elected to the United States Congress, he served in both the Washington State Senate and the Washington State House of Representatives.

His two marriages -- to Virginia Beattie McDermott (until 1989) and Therese Hansen (1997-2012) -- resulted in a total of two children.

He and fellow Democrat Maria Cantwell both represented Washington state in the United States Congress.